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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stressed Friday the league's concerns about making its events safe and secure.

The Pittsburgh Steelers announced on Friday that the team signed running back/kick returner LaRod Stephens-Howling to a one-year deal.

It was sometime after the Senior Bowl when Eric Fisher realized he was going to be picked early in the NFL draft. He might even have a shot at being the first player selected.

A man who pleaded guilty to trying to extort $15,000 from former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Hines Ward will spend two years on probation.

The National Football League is donating $100,000 to One Fund Boston to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.

Manti Te'o. Geno Smith. Matt Barkley. The NFL draft board is still filled with familiar names going into Round 2. Where will they land? Don Banks projects all 30 second-round picks.

Former New York Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw, who is recovering from foot surgery, has been cleared to resume football activities, a league source tells ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

Houston Texans wide receiver DeVier Posey, recovering from a torn Achilles tendon, will open the season on the physically unable to perform list, a league source tells ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

ST. LOUIS -- After the strangest first round of an NFL draft that I have seen, here's a look at the bizarro-world day-one (yes: Justin Pugh and Travis Frederick; no: Geno Smith and Matt Barkley) and a look ahead to a sec...

Eric Fisher cannot wait for the start of the 2013-14 NFL season after being selected No 1 by the Kansas City Chiefs in Thursday's NFL draft.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - When Rick Spielman arrived in Minnesota, he came across as an intense, sometimes socially awkward executive who shunned attention and carried an iffy resume after making a series of questionable dec...

MIAMI - A few days before the NFL Draft, Miami Dolphins bigwigs huddled for a casual meal. But owner Stephen Ross wouldn't let the night go by without talking a little business.

MIAMI - Do we trust the Dolphins yet? More to the point, do we trust general manager Jeff Ireland?

RENTON, Wash. - Pete Carroll, chipper as ever, peeked his head into the media work room of the Virginia Mason Athletic Center on Thursday afternoon and grinned like a content coach seeking to be mischievous.

CHICAGO-They have been called "big uglies," "hogs" and even "big hog mollies."

DETROIT - Ziggy isn't the Ansah.

GREEN BAY, Wis. - As Monday dragged on, he didn't check the time. Jermichael Finley wouldn't count down to the afternoon deadline himself. His wife was nervous enough to become sick. But as the deadline neared and the Gr...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Yes, he's got that star-quality name, but what Utah defensive tackle Star Lotulelei will really do for the Panthers will be more behind the scenes.

PHILADELPHIA - We envisioned all sorts of complicated scenarios and harried phone calls in the NovaCare war room, but Chip Kelly said the evening was really pretty simple and sane.

BALTIMORE - Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome said it wasn't a very hard decision. Florida safety Matt Elam was the best player available when the Ravens made the final pick of Thursday night's first round of the NFL draft and the...

CHICAGO-Even though the Chicago Bears won 10 games last season, they didn't make the playoffs and entered this week's NFL draft with an extensive list of wants and needs.

If Thursday was NFL Draft Day, then Jerry Jones must have made a trade.